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February 29, 2008 11:47AM
Presenters: Maria and Nader
Topic: Personal experiences
SUMMARY
This show follows last week's show, episode 66. In that show, students from GO4 interviewed students from GO3. In this show, GO3 students get their chance to interview students from GO4 about their unusual personal experiences. (GO4 is an adult pre-intermediate level general English language course and GO3 is an intermediate level class, at St Clare's, Oxford, UK.)
PARTICIPANTS
Maria and Nader introduced the show. Nader and Abdulaziz chose the linking jingle from Garageband. GO3 students took turns to interview GO4 students. We hear interviews with:
GO3 students:
Abdulaziz (Saudi Arabia)
Ali (Saudi Arabia)
Ali (Kuwait)
Aykut (Turkey)
Charles (France)
Maria (Spain)
Nader (Saudi Arabia)
Natalia (Venezuela)
Simon (Venezuela)
Tetsu (Japan)
GO4 students:
Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
Fahad (Saudi Arabia)
Hani (Saudi Arabia)
Mingke (China)
Raed (Saudi Arabia)
Vicki (Spain)
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
(If you are listening in class, you could ask a partner the interview questions, or answer them yourself, then choose one or more of the speakers and note their answers.)
Food
What is your favourite food?
Do you like to go to fast-food restaurants?
Do you like cooking?
Unusual experiences
What is the most difficult thing you have ever done?
What is the most difficult thing you have faced in England?
What is the most exciting thing you have ever done?
What is the most disgusting thing that you’ve ever seen?
Have you ever met a famous person?
Travel
What’s the most beautiful place you have ever been to?
Which city/country do you most want to visit?
Relationships
Have you ever been in love?
Who or what is the most important thing in your life?
Future
What do you want to do that you have never done?
What do you want to be doing in 10 years time?
YOUR COMMENTS
Please listen to our interviews and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com.
THANKS
Thanks to Maria and Nader for their excellent work in presenting the show, to all the GO3 students for the work they did preparing the interview questions before the show, and especially to GO3 class teacher, Jane Manning, for all her extra work helping her students to prepare for this show.
PRODUCTION
The show was recorded in the GO3 classroom, on GO4 teacher, Geoff's, Apple MacBook Pro computer with the program Garageband. The Garageband jingle used is "Sea to Sky". After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). The photo was edited in Adobe Fireworks. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.
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These podcasts only get better and better! What an incredible blending of voices across cultures with humor and the potential for so much learning across cultures!
And, I challenge you each to a podcast episode of karaoke,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9D3rzmx9SQ
A New York City Friend,
Richard Green
Thanks, Richard, for those kind words, and for the karaoke link (which I'm going to forward to my daughter, Imogen, who loves to sing along to YouTube music videos!)
Dear Bardwell Road Group From Around the World!
A thought occurred to me. There might be an episode in which you commented again on the way each of you, from your respective countries, celebrates birthdays! What food, Songs, etc., mark the day, .... here I celebrate with you, the fabulous singing of Tish Hinojosa, with the Mexican birthday song,
"Las manyanitas," on a web page where I include the Swiss-Venezuelan link to the Venezuelan birthday song which is also so lovely!
http://www.profgreen.tv/TishHinojosaLasMa.html
Su Amigo/Your Friend,
May Your podcasts remain as Incredible as they have remained to date!
Bravooooooo, England!
Richard
Here goes without apologies my heart-felt singing of the Venezuelan birthday greeting to a Vzlan-American friend who just became a grandma Yes, we are not getting younger, just wiser:
http://www.profgreen.tv/Nina.mp3
Yikes, I need to take lessons from Geoff before I sing any further karaokes!
Su Amiguito,
Ricardo de Venezuela en New York
Hey! how are you,our dear friends?? we miss you a lot!
you´ve progress too much, that is a great notice for us here in Argentina. We hope you can answer us, we´ll be waiting for that
See you in a coupple of weeks!
Special kisses for TESTSU
Hi Sofi and Virsho
Thanks for your comments. Please keep listening!